From our Bay of Islands Correspondent. November 10, 1843.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 32, 25 November 1843, Page 3

From our Bay of Islands Correspondent. November 10, 1843.

The Nimrod arrived here a few days ago, from Tahiti, calling at several islands on the way, after a passage of fifty-four days. She has brought a cargo of sugar, cocoa-nut oil, tobacco, and dollars, besides a quantity of beef, purchased at Tahiti. Captain Rogers of the Currency Lass, came in the Nimrod from Tahiti; Mr. Sampson also has returned here, and you will probably see him as soon as this reaches ; he goes direct to the Thames to-morrow with Captain Rogers, in the Agnes cutter, which vessel will sail from Auckland direct for Tahiti, to meet the Currency Lass at present at the Feejees. Captain Rogers has seen Clayton lately at Reiva. Sampson is quite delighted with the islands, and intends returning shortly. Brander and Vernon had Bold their goods at a high profit, and had gone down to the Pearl Islands. Pearl shells have become very scarce at Home, and consequently there are a great number of vessels off pearl-fishing. Among the rest ia Captain Painter, as supercargo of a large Valparaiso brig, in wh<ch he brought a lot of goods from Valparaiso, on account of some of Mr. Gibsons friends. The French intend sending out 20,000 emigrants to Tahiti during next year, and 1500 soldiers ; there is every prospect of a collision between the natives and them. A conflict took place at the Marquesas, between the French and Marquese. in which the latter had 150 killed ; the French did it in revenge for the murder 'bf the Governor and fourteen of his Btaff- The natives fought like good ones, and hilled a goodly number of the French, whom they love as tha Devil does holy water. The natives have all retreated to their strong-holds, where they are perfectly safe from the enemy. After the battle a Marquese chief was discovered, and surrounded by three Frenchmen ; he slew one of them, and attacked the other two, but before he had time to do any mischief, a pistol-ball brought him down, and a bayonet was passed through his body, he however drew it out and broke it in two, spat on the Frenchmen, and defied them at his last gasp. This circum■tance was mentioned by a Freaeh gentleman at Tahiti, bo it is likely to be correct. It is said, ths French are keeping all the trade of the Marquesas to themselves ; and that they have made such regulations as will effectually prevent the British from trying to

do any business there. All the islands in the Pacific ' are beine; populated by Englishmen, there is not one a mile square in which you will not find an English man, Scotchman, or Irishman. '